A video lesson plan with Weird Al Yankovic

Hello everyone:

During the class I´m taking on the use of technology applied to teaching, I had to create a video lesson in order to improve my student's oral communication skills. I went ahead and tried it in one of my classes (7th graders), and we had a great time.

The students were able to follow the spoken words, and the visuals helped them key onto the emotions generated by what was happening. I'm posting the link and the lesson plan, in case you want to also give it a try!

Lesson Plan:

Selected video: "Weird Al" Yankovic - Trapped in the Drive-Thru
URL: www.youtube.com/watch?hl=pl&v=qmGVYki-oyQ
Length of video: 11:08 mi
Creators (or published by): UTube
Target group: EFL students of 7th, 8th or 9th grade levels
Total class time: Two 40 mi periods (total time 80 mi)
Previewing: activating schemata

Activity (or activities):
Pre-viewing: Warm up
Time: 15 mi

Teacher writes on the board 3 themes that can be inferred from the video (relationships / communications / social habits).
Students are grouped into teams of no more than 4 and are asked to create a graffiti art piece based on one of the themes (their choice) in no more than 5 minutes.
Students and teacher view and comment each of the team´s creation.

While-viewing: Comprehension
Time: 20 mi (11 mi for viewing the video and 9 minutes to answer the comprehension items and discuss results with classmates and teacher)

Students list 6 of the key actions of the movie in the correct sequence, then they complete 5 single selection items, based on what happened in the video, and results are chared with the class.

Post-viewing: Critical Thinking
Activity (or activities):
Time: 45 mi (15 mi to create the rap and 30 mi to perform and score performances)

Students go back to their groups and are asked to create a 2 minute rap song based on the video and the theme that they chose for their graffiti.

They perform the rap for their classmates and everyone scores the rap according to a rubric provided by the teacher.